THE BUNTINGS 



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"^FAMILY : Fringillince] 



NOTES 



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.seus [E. milidria, L.]. 

 Ebb. French, prayer ; 

 Kozzo]. 



sneral appearance, but at 

 ig-like" beak armed with 

 .ortness of the innermost 

 upper parts are ochreous, 

 its of the feathers, while 

 t, fore-breast (prepectus), 

 arts are of a dark sepia, 

 rming a conspicuous bar. 

 th paler brown. Length 

 r. In autumn and winter 

 ;r and under parts. The 

 he autumn plumage, but 

 :oader, the neck spotted 

 3 dark sepia, with very 

 _^ i a distinctly rufous tint. 



The innermost secondaries have very broad margins of bright ochre-yellow, and 



the tail feathers are similarly fringed, [w. p. P.] 



2. Distribution. This bird is distributed over practically all the West 



Palsearctic region, with the exception of North Scandinavia and Russia. In the 



British Isles it is rather local, and is generally most numerous near the coasts, 



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ERRATA IX SECTION I. 



To Plate A, Eggs of the Crow Family, add (Natural size). By 

 H. Gronvold. 



Page 8. Add to the end of the note on Distribution and 

 Migration the following : " The species is non-migrant." 



Plate 2. (To face page 18.) Hooded-crow and Carrion-crow for 

 inverse order. 



Page 36. In the last line but one, substitute "pass "/or "flash." 



Plate V. (To face page 78.) In the legend to the photo of the 

 tree-sparrow's nest, substitute "(see PI. 10)" for "(see 

 PI. 16)." 



Page 80. To the end of the note on Distribution add The 

 Scotch form may be distinguished by its longer and 

 stronger bill. 



Page 82. Add Far species and sub-species included in the 

 supplementary chapter on "Hare Birds," see the end of 

 the Classified Xotes on the Buntings. 



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